Teacher+Modeling

= Teacher Modeling = = = = =

= Once the students know the learining target/objective, the teacher provides an example of what's expected or how to approach the problem. =

An example from a History class:
1. "Today we're continuing our discussion of the American revloutionary period. We're talked about the heavy debt and susequent taxes Britain imposed on the colonists and now we're going to identify colonial responses to these measures by examining an engraving" 2. {distribute handout}"You've got the APPARTS handout in front of you and we're going to use this acronym to analyze a famous piece of art from the period but first, I'm going to show you how these apply using a different painting." 3. "First thing I'll do is take a minute to look at the overall picture and then I like to start at the top (A) and work my through to the final letter (S). Sometimes I may need to skip one and come back to it later, and that's okay." 4. "All right, this is a cartoon of a snake cut into several pieces. First thing is A - Author, or in this case Artist - do I see a signature or anyway to tell who drew this? No, but it says in the citation that it's published inthe Pennsylvania Gazette...and if I think hard, I'll remember that was the name of Benjamin Franklin's newspaper, so maybe Franklin created this. Next P - Place (and time) - well, Philadelphia, and the year is listed for me as 1754. P - Prior knowledge - 1754 is about the time of the start of the French and Indian War {Continue through the rest of the acronym.} 5. "Now that I've worked through all of APPARTS, I have a pretty good idea about this political cartoon. It's not really about a snake, but the need of the 13 colonies to work together for protection and economic security." 6. Fist to five, let me know if you can use APPARTS to examine the next painting....

Teacher modeling can also be much less involved:
Re-reading -Teacher models slowing down and re-reading a section for comprehension. Think Alouds - Model for the students the how to question the text as you read. Let students follow along in the passage. Have students try the process in pairs and then practice on their own.

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